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Liverpool gets by with a little help from The Beatles
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» LIVERPOOL - It was once a thriving maritime hub, including for the transatlantic slave trade, but after years of industrial decline, Liverpool's economy is getting a boost from its most famous sons.
'Girl from Ipanema' singer Astrud Gilberto dead at 83
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer whose soft, beguiling voice made "The Girl from Ipanema" a worldwide sensation in the 1960s and provided a huge boost to the budding bossa nova genre, has died at age 83, her family said.
'Faceless killer': Syria landmines keep sowing death
AFP, Published on 11/07/2022
» DAMASCUS - Family members from three generations were huddled on the back of a pickup truck for what started as a joyful ride through the Syrian countryside for Abdulaziz al-Oqab and his relatives.
Jennifer Hudson shoulders Aretha Franklin's demons in biopic 'Respect'
AFP, Published on 11/08/2021
» LOS ANGELES - Aretha Franklin decided Jennifer Hudson was the natural woman to play her in musical biopic "Respect," personally hand-picking the singer-actress a few years before her death in 2018.
10 years after Winehouse death, family 'reclaims' her story
AFP, Published on 23/07/2021
» LONDON - Amy Winehouse may still be best known for her line: "They tried to make me go to rehab. But I said no, no, no."
Science without gravity aboard the International Space Station
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» PARIS: In two decades orbiting the Earth the International Space Station has become a cutting-edge cosmic laboratory, with astronauts researching everything from black holes to disease and even gardening in microgravity.
Marge Simpson volleys back at Trump aide who made Kamala Harris jibe
AFP, Published on 15/08/2020
» NEW YORK - America's mom Marge Simpson clapped back at the Donald Trump campaign Friday for remarks from a senior advisor the animated character deemed disrespectful.
New Zealand PM unruffled as quake hits mid-interview
AFP, Published on 25/05/2020
» WELLINGTON: A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled New Zealand's North Island early Monday but failed to crack Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's trademark composure as she conducted a live television interview.
Asian giant hornets spotted for first time in US
AFP, Published on 07/05/2020
» LOS ANGELES - A deadly giant insect known as the "murder hornet" has been spotted for the first time in the United States, prompting fears it could decimate the honeybee population and creating a buzz on social media.
New Zealand observes silence as more volcano dead named
AFP, Published on 16/12/2019
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand paused for a minute's silence Monday to mark one week since the devastating White Island eruption in which 16 international tourists and two local guides are now known to have died when the volcano exploded as they trekked near its crater.